SCE crews working to restore power

More than 300 customers are still without power as Southern California Edison crews continue to work to restore power to residents in the La Mirage, The Ridge and Oasis housing areas around Pierce Elementary School.

More than 300 customers are still without power as Southern California Edison crews continue to work to restore power to residents in the La Mirage, The Ridge and Oasis housing areas around Pierce Elementary School.

Sierra Sands Unified School District officials said school was canceled Monday, but was expected to be back in session Tuesday.

SCE Regional Public Affairs Manager Dan Brady said workers are pulling approximately 1,500 feet of cable to replace cable that failed.

Power went out Sunday at approximately 7:30 p.m., and is not expected to be restored until late tonight.

The outage also affected other areas in Ridgecrest.

Witnesses said power was out from the 300 block of East Ridgecrest Boulevard up to Norma Street and from Norma to Las Flores Avenue. The La Mirage housing area is also out. Reports also say City Hall was without power and the Indian Wells Valley Water District ran on a generator.

Several street lights were out from North China Lake Boulevard to North Norma Street were out, and the Ridgecrest Police Department officers directed traffic at Ridgecrest and China Lake boulevards while the signal was out.